[obol] American Robin builds nest on top of nest box with Chestnut-backed Chickadees
- From: Jim Leonard <photojleonard@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: obol <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 19:28:03 -0700
My wife told me that an American Robin was building a nest on top of a nest
box I have mounted on a grape arbor support post. What's interesting is
that there is a family of Chestnut-backed Chickadees in the nest box right
now. The parents are flying back and forth bringing food to their babies.
Talk about birds tolerating each other!! The American Robin was fun to
watch bringing mouthfuls of mud and sticks to the nest. It would put the
material in the center of the nest and then lay on top of the opening
moving in a circular pattern and packing the materials down with it's
stomach and chest. We have several nest boxes and also have White-breasted
Nuthatches and Black-capped Chickadees nesting now. A few weeks ago we had
a Western Screech Owl occupy a wood duck nest box for four to five weeks.
We saw it almost daily and suspect it had babies that might have fledged at
night. Click on link below to see a few photos. Quality not great, it was
raining and dark clouds when the photos were taken yesterday. I live in
the Macleay area east of Salem on a small wooded acreage. I will try to
post more photos later once the Robin lays it's eggs and hatches It's
young.. Happy Birding, Jim Leonard.
https://plus.google.com/photos/108302360004365615395/albums/6011975818839768033?authkey=CJLS-Lbk3eDwuwE
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